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|Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

|Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

|Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a bond-servant of sin."

|Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a bond-servant of sin."

|A "doulos" was usually a servant to owed a debt to someone, and chose (or was forced) to work off that debt by being a servant of their debt holder until the debt was paid. A doulos was rarely enslaved for life, although a very large debt could take many, many years to work off (however, it was possible to have a debt so high that it could never be paid off, and that doulos really did become an involuntary servant for life). A contract was usually drawn up at the beginning entailing exactly how long the period of servitude was to last. At the end of the contract period, the doulos was free to leave, and a writ of freedom was then drawn up. However, in very rare cases, the doulos could repudiate the freedom (this happened in two cases: if the servant had been so well treated that they loved the master with all their heart, or if the servant happened to be serving an extremely wealthy master who treated them well, and they knew that they could never, by their own power, attain the kind of comfort and living standard that they enjoyed as a doulos), and choose to stay. In this case, the doulos was now committed to remain in that person's service for the remainder of their life, and this became a voluntary servitude, not a debt servitude. These kinds of servants were still often called "douloi," but they were also usually so trusted by the master that they were the ones who tended to be promoted to the rank of "head servant," or διάκονος (deacon), who were now in charge of all the other "doulos," and for all intents and purposes, had become "managers" in the employ of their master. A doulos who remained in the house voluntarily would occasionally (although this was rare) be "adopted" into the family, and given a rank equal with the children, or heirs, of the house.

|A "doulos" was usually a servant who owed a debt to someone, and chose (or was forced) to work off that debt by being a servant of their debt holder until the debt was paid. A doulos was rarely enslaved for life, although a very large debt could take many, many years to work off (however, it was possible to have a debt so high that it could never be paid off, and that doulos really did become an involuntary servant for life). A contract was usually drawn up at the beginning entailing exactly how long the period of servitude was to last. At the end of the contract period, the doulos was free to leave, and a writ of freedom was then drawn up. However, in very rare cases, the doulos could repudiate the freedom (this happened in two cases: if the servant had been so well treated that they loved the master with all their heart, or if the servant happened to be serving an extremely wealthy master who treated them well, and they knew that they could never, by their own power, attain the kind of comfort and living standard that they enjoyed as a doulos), and choose to stay. In this case, the doulos was now committed to remain in that person's service for the remainder of their life, and this became a voluntary servitude, not a debt servitude. These kinds of servants were still often called "douloi," but they were also usually so trusted by the master that they were the ones who tended to be promoted to the rank of "head servant," or διάκονος (deacon), who were now in charge of all the other "doulos," and for all intents and purposes, had become "managers" in the employ of their master. A doulos who remained in the house voluntarily would occasionally (although this was rare) be "adopted" into the family, and given a rank equal with the children, or heirs, of the house.

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